BIB_ID
266607
Accession number
MA 12810
Creator
Darrow, Whitney, 1909-1999.
Published
1951.
Credit line
The Melvin R. Seiden Collection. Gift of Janine Luke in honor of William M. Griswold and in memory of Melvin R. Seiden, 2011.
Description
1 drawing.
Notes
Original drawing for a cartoon published in The New Yorker, Sept. 15, 1951.
381 x 330 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
"Happy birthday to Al - from Whitney"--in ink on lower left recto.
Provenance
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Summary
Artist in Washington Square Park selling his paintings has a cheeky sign advertising his wares, as he sits and smokes a pipe.
Medium
Pen and black ink with graphite and correction fluid on illustration board.
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